Improvement in marking-machines



UNirnn Stains PATENT, OFFICE.

EDWARD SPENCER, or si LOUIS, Miss/GURLv lVPi'ROVElVlENT' IN MA-RKiNG'iViCi-HNES.

Specification forming part direttore Patent No. 36,243, dated August 19,1862.

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' Beit known that I, EDWARD SPENCER, of

chine. Fig. 2 is a face view of the jaw A as far back as the line B' of l.1.ig..1,'and Fig. 3 isy vlongitudinal section taken on the line C of ig. 2. i l

The object of my invention is to furnish a simple, cheap, and efficient marker, with which a' railroad conductor can .pei-forato, mark, or print the name of the road,date, &e., onthe ticket, o'r with which a merchant can print his name on his goods, and at thevsame time' he so small that it may be carried about in the vpocket Without inconvenience.

- AIt consists of the following-described conibination of mechanical devices, so as to effect the ends aforesaid.

Fig. 1 represents a pair of ordinary pinchers. made upon an enlarged scale for the purpose of more yfully illustratingthe invention. The jaw A of the aforesaid Apinchers is made hollow, somewhat'in the forni of atrough, in-

about the center of which a'die, Nkis fitted, which die is mortised, as shown by b b, so as to receive type to mark the month and the day of thel month. The name of the railroad or individual is cut around the edge of the die at e,

as indicated by the red lines. The said die is fitted .iii a box, as shown, which box is dovetailed through the side of the jaw and between the lugs a?, made in the bottom thereof, and said box and die are held in their place by means of a button or screw on the side of the jaw. (Not shown-in.the.drawings.) fin the bottom'of said box and under said. die a piece of india-rubhcrisii'ttel, with a thin plate over it, as shown by YPi The object of this yielding bottom under the die is t0 allow the'die to adjust itself perfectly against the platen,w.hieh consists of the under side of the jaw A of the pinehers, against which some soft material is' ixed, as at c, for the dieto press against. The frontend oi the jaws being fa'rtherironi the center of motion, open Wider than their rear between them they will not shutdown parallel upon it, and hence the necessity of the yielding bottom under the-dic to allow its whole face to come-up fair against the thing to be marked. 'The pinchers might be made so as to cause their jaws ,to open parallel with each other, and I shall make them so ifv I ndit necessary; but for all practical purposes the yieldin g material under the die answers j ustas well and is cheaper. v

' H H' represent two rollers-one on each side of the die--xedjn the jaw A. 0n each of -these rollera'a small spring-clasp -is made.

(Shown by e.) The object of these clasps is to secure a ribbon which is wound around said rollers and stretched from one to the other "over the face of the'rlie. VThe said 'ribbon is saturated with ink, and' kept tight over the iace of the heby irieans of friction wheels or collars d dpwhichwork against the pieces o f' imlialrnbberLL fitted in thejaw under them. for thatpurpose.,-` Said rollers are turned by means. oi' small chased wheels c e on the outer end of. thef lairis, inthe manner shown.

A. punch is iixe'd in lrhe outer 'end of. the jaw A', asi'epieseiited by B. This punch consists of one steel tube working over another, with as virinfr .li working over the lowerand'smaller one to raise the ticket or card off thel punch when the jaws open.

A perforator is' fitted against the' side ofthe i aw A, 'as represented by C, the object ci which is tey perforate the card or-tcket, so'thatit may he easily torn apart. 'Ehe points o? said,y

lperforator workin apiece of leather' of-*other i soft material lixed against the side of the jaw A by means of the cleat .E in theymanner shown.

A link, l), is pivoted to thejmw in the manner and relation shown, sofas to swing over and catch on the jaw A. when thetwo jaws arecloscd, for the purpose of holding them together, that the pinchers may be as unobjectionable as possible in 'the pocket;

AMost of the devices and combination herein described are shown and described in the patent'granted tome on the 11th of l `ebruary,` i862, .but are not claimed therein. I do not intend, therefore, to claim the second time what has-'already been patented to me; but as I'h'ave made some additional improvements to my stamp since the aforementioned patent was 4, In combination with the jaws A A, thc granted, and as I desire to claim more fully perforator C, as shown and described, for the the combination shown and described in said purpose specified. patent, fhave concluded to apply foranew pat- 5. 'In combination with the jaws A A and ent embodying my improvements, and claim perforator C, the punch B, as shown and de-r .all the combinations not claimed in the patscribed. y y ent aforesaid, describing and showing fullythe 6: In combination with the jaws AVAand whole in this application. die N, the punch B, as shown and described, What I claim, therefore,and desire to secure for thel purpose specied. l f

by Letters Patent, yis-fj 7. In combination, the jaws A A, the per- 5 '1. In combinationv with the jaws A A', the forator C, the die N, and the-rollers H H, as

die N, substantially in the manner described, l described. l I

for the purpose specified. In witness that the above is a full descrip- 2, In combination with the jaws A A and tion of my saidinvention I have hereunto set die N, the yielding bottoni r under the die, as my hand this 15th day of March, 1862. shown and described.

3,. In combination with thejaws A' A, rollers H H, and friction-Wheels d d, the india-l rubber friction-pieces L L, as shown and described. l

-E. SPENCER;

In presence 0f Amos BROADNAX, CEAS. T. CH'oU'rEAU, 

